Green Bay Press-Gazette

What can Wisconsin first-graders expect as they start this school year? We asked the experts: former first-graders

Incoming first-graders offered advice to students starting first grade this year. Many students said they were nervous on their first day but made friends quickly. Reading, math and making friends ...
Morningstar

Johns Hopkins Study: Ignite Reading Sparks Dramatic Increase in First-Grade Literacy, Highlighting Importance of Early Intervention to Learning to Read On Time

OAKLAND, Calif., Feb. 26, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Ignite Reading, a Science of Reading-based early literacy intervention program that has provided more than 62 million minutes of personalized instruction ...
Taunton Daily Gazette

Taunton launches free early literacy tutoring for first-graders

All of the Taunton Public School district's elementary schools will launch a new early literacy tutoring program targeting first-grade students. The program is a partnership with the Massachusetts ...
Education Week

The Case for Reading Tutoring Before 3rd Grade, Not After

Last September, Savannah-Chatham County public schools tried out an intensive new tutoring program to help struggling readers catch up before state reading tests at the end of 3rd grade. By winter, ...